Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171
देवैरिन्द्रादिभिः सर्वैः सेनाध्यक्ष्येभिषेचितः । तेनापि दैवयोगेन तारकाख्यो निपातितः
devairindrādibhiḥ sarvaiḥ senādhyakṣyebhiṣecitaḥ | tenāpi daivayogena tārakākhyo nipātitaḥ
เหล่าเทวะทั้งปวงมีพระอินทร์เป็นประมุข ได้ประกอบพิธีอภิเษกแต่งตั้งพระองค์เป็นจอมทัพ และด้วยโยคะแห่งพระประสงค์ทิพย์ ตารกะจึงถูกพระองค์ปราบให้ล้มลง
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: null
Scene: The gods, led by Indra, perform a consecration of Kārttikeya as commander; then Skanda strikes down Tāraka in battle, the heavens clearing as devas rejoice.
FAQs
Right leadership aligned with divine order restores dharma; victory is portrayed as daivayoga, not mere force.
Not directly; it is mythic context within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa.
No ritual is prescribed; it mentions an abhiṣeka (consecration) of Skanda as senāpati in a narrative sense.